Doll



Feb. 17, 1931. DERS 1,793,335

DOLL

Filed Aug. 20. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS Feb. 17, 1931. Mi SANDERS 1,793,335

DOLL

Filed Aug. 20, 1929 I 3 Sheets-Shet 2 ATTORNEYS Feb. 17, 1931. I SANDERS 1,793,335

DOLL

Filed Aug. 20, 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 3 INIVENTOR LVW.

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAUBICE SAN 'DEBS, OF ARVERNE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO IDEAL NOVELTY TOY 00., or nnooxmm, new YORK, aconronn'rron or new Yon];

DOLL

Application filed August 20, 1929. Serial 1T0. 887,124.

My invention relates to a new and improved doll. v i

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a doll having hollow and elastic rubher arms and legs and a relatively rigid body portion, said body portion being preferably stuffed. i I

Another object of my invention is to provide a doll having a relatively rigid body portion and relatively flexible and resilient arm and leg portions. I

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood that the above general statement of the objects of this invention'is intended merely to generallyv explain the same and not to limit it in any manner. N I i Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing the improved doll in one of the positions which it can be made to assume.

Fig. 2is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation partially in section, showing a leg member.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing how a hollow limb member is molded.

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank for forming the main part of a leg member.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a blank'for forming the foot portion of a leg member.

Fig. 7 is a detail view partially in elevation showing how compressed air is utilized to releasea limb member from the core used in molding the same.-

Fig. 8 is an elevation showing theinjector utilized for applying compressed air forjthis purpose.

It has been known for many years to pro- I vide rubber dolls having hollow bodies made of rubber, said bodies having integral rubber arm and leg members. However, such dolls were not life-like, because the entire doll was made of two halves vulcanizedtogether, and the arms and legs were 'not jointed to the "body ortion.

It s also been known for many years to prgvid'e ordinary dolls with leg and arm membersprovided with joints, to enable lifelike effects to be secured.

According to m invention, a doll having a body portion 0 relatively fixed shape is provided with one or more limb members made of hollow rubber, so that the hollow rubber limb member or members can 'be readily bent or twisted with respect to the body portion thereof, in order to enable numerous life-like effects to be secured.

The doll is provided with an ordinary fab Iic body B having stufling S whereby said body B is maintained in normal fixed shape. The stuflinBg S may be tight enough to cause the body to be relatively stifi' or rigid, or said stufling S may be made as loose as desired. The head portion of the doll is aflixed in the usual manner.

In the preferred embodiment, the leg inembersL and the arm members A are formed of hollow rubber, save that the finger portions and the toe portions are preferably made of solid rubber.

Since the method of manufacturing the arm membersA and the leg members L is substantially the same, I have only illustrated the method of manufacture of a leg. member Fig. 5, is utilized to form each of the hollow portions of a leg member, and a flat blank 3 shown in Fig. 6 and also preferably made of unvulcanized rubber, is utilized to form a half of each foot portion.

In order to form a leg portion, blanks 2 and 3 are placed in properposition in one of the mold members M. The core C is then placed in' proper position. In order to get quantity production, it is to be understood that a number of said .cores C project from a common base 5. Additional blanks, 2 and 3 arethen placed in proper positionupon the core C or in the corresponding recess of the second mold-member Ma. Since the blanks 2 and 3 are unvulcanized and relatively plastic, they spread under the pressure applied to them'until their edges meet and join so as to form a complete leg or arm member. The leg or arm member so formed is seamles although in some cases a line is visible upon the completed leg or arm member showing where the blanks have spread under ress'ure until their edges meet.

As s own in Fig. 4, each respective pair of mold members M and Ma meet along a line 10 and the. mold member Ma'can be provided with a dowel pin 8 which fits into a corresponding recess 9 of the mold member M in order to cause the parts to properly register.

The hand and feet portions H and F of the limbs are preferablyhollow, but the finger and toe portions are referably solid.

Each of. the cores is preferably formed from a single piece of material and said cores are formed with recesses so that corresponding transverse recesses or grooves 11 are formed in the leg portions L. After the limb members have thus been molded, lines are sometimes visible corresponding to the lines 10, as indicating where the plastic unvulcanized rubber blanks have joined to produce the complete article. Of course, the unvulcanized rubber blanks may have a vulcanizing ingredient therein, and they are vulcanized under heat and pressure while they are within the mold members M, and while the cores C are in position.

After the limb members have thus been completed and vulcanized, it is necessary to remove them from the cores C.

It has been found very diflicult to do this on a practical commercial scale.

Hence, I utilize a hollow needle 16 havin a hose 17 which is connected to a source 0 compressed air, and provided with a valve having a head 18. This needle has a narrow outlet end which can be readily inserted be-' tween each limb member and the core C thereof. The compressed air which is thus forced between each limb member and the core thereof, causes the elastic limb member to expand, so that it can be readily stripped from itscorresponding core member. Rigid collars 1 can be readily inserted in the ends of the leg members L and these collars 1 may be made hollow and may be provided with noisemaking devices 21 which make a sound when' the hollow leg members L are squeezed.

As shown in Fig. 3, the fabric material of the body portion B has its end located within the transverse recesses 11 of the leg members L so that a suitable adhesive can hold the leg members L in position. The arm members A are also secured by adhesive to shoulder portions 19 which are suitably jointed to the body portion B, by means of an suitable universal joint or the like. The exible rubber leg members are also connected to inner end portions which are connected to the body of the doll byjoints permitting free movement. As-shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

limbextension projecting each limb member L extends above the joint or knee-cap portion of the respective limb, so that the major part of the limb is composed of hollow, bendable rubber, without any insert. This permits thelimb to be bent and twisted, in order to produce the lifelike efi'ect illustrated in Fig. 1. The limb member L interfits with a stuffed limb extension of the stuifed body, as shown in Fig.

2. This stuffed limb extension can be bent, in order to secure said life-like efli'ect. Since the body portion B is relatively nonbendable, numerous uni ue effects can be secured by twisting or ending the limb members, one of these unique and life-like effects being shown in Fig. 1. It will be noted that the hollow limb member is free from any inner device, such as a spring or the like, which would be sufiiciently rigid to prevent said limb member from being bent g or twisted. Y

WhileI have shown my invention as applied to a complete doll, it is obvious that the invention comprises numerous valuable subcombinations which could be separately utilized.

It will be noted that the limb members are made of resilient and readily bendable rubber, instead of the hard rubber which has been previously proposed.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim: 1. A doll having a body portion and also having a hollow limb member which is' formed of resilient rubber so that said limb member can be readily bent and twisted, the inner end of said limb member having a rigid end member located therein, said rigid end member being provided with a transverse groove into which a part of the adjacent portion of the limb member enters.

2. A doll having a stuffed fabric body of substantially permanent shape, and a limb for said body, said limb com rising a stuifed limb-extension projecting rom said body, said extension interfitting with a hollow limb member made of transversely bendable and resilient rubber, said transversely bendable rubber limb member constituting the major portion of said limb, andextending inwardly of the joint-portion of said'limb, so that said inwardly extending portion. cang. be transversely bent and squeezed, said'ho1- low limb member being free from any inner art which would prevent the transverse ending thereofr 3.-. A doll having a stufied fabric ha y of 126 substantially permanent shape, andaimb for said body, said limb comfpzising'a stufied m said:-.-bpdy,

said e'xtension interfitting with-a hollow limb member made of transversely bendable and 130 resilient rubber, said transversely bendable rubberlimb member constituting-the major portion of said limb, and extendm' inwardly of the joint-portion of said lim so that said inwardly extending portion can be transversely bent and squeezed, said hollow rubber limb member being provided with a rigid insert at the inner end thereof, said hollow limb member being free from any 1 inner art which would prevent the transverse nding thereof.

4. A doll having a stuffed fabric bod of substantially permanent shape, and a b for said body, said limb com rising a stuffed limb-extension projecting rom said body, said extension interfitting with a hollow limb member made of transversely bendable and resilient rubber, said transversely bendable rubber limb member constitutin the major ortion of said limb, and exten ing inwar y of the joint-portion of said limb, so that said inwardly extending portion can be transversely bent and squeezed, said hollow rubber limb member being prov'ided with a rigid insert at the inner end thereof, said insert having a'noise-producing device so that a noise can be produced by squeezing said rubber limb member, said hollow limb member being free from any inner part which would prevent the transverse bending thereof.

5. A doll having a stufied fabric body, of substantially permanent shape and a hollow limb member connected to said body, said limb member being made of transversely bendable and resilient rubber which can be readily squeezed and which extends inwardly of the joint portion of the respective limb, said hollow limb member having a rigid in- 40 sort at its inner end, said hollow limb member being free from any inner part; which would revent the free trahsverse bending of 4 the rub r.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature.-

MAURICE SANDERS. 

